SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) today announced the
winners for the Nanotech Ventures Awards for 2007. Nanotech Ventures
2007 takes place May 22nd and 23rd
at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The three winning companies were
selected to receive the awards by a review team comprised of members of
the Nanotech Ventures Executive Committee and the Advisory Board.

“Nanotech Ventures 2007 Company Review
provides an ideal forum for seed to early-stage companies to showcase
their technologies, market advantages, and to search for funding plus
'go-to-market' partners,” said Bart
Romanowicz, Executive Director of the Nano Science & Technology
Institute, producers of the event. “Over 100
early stage companies submitted their business plans into the event. The
vetted companies will be given 10 minutes to present and address on-site
feedback from Nanotech Ventures Vetting Team.”

The goal of the Early Stage Review event is to unite early stage public
and pre-IPO small-technology products and intellectual property (IP)
with industrial users, funding sources, technology providers and the
media and analysts community. This venue will be used to promote the
global commercial maturation across the nanotechnology landscape, from
technology to products.

“This year’sawards went to: Sweet Power, Inc. in the Health & Medical
category, Silk Displays, Inc. for Materials and NanoLambda in
Electronics,” said William Prendergast, Chair
of the Nanotechnology Practice Group at Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione. “We
were very pleased to sponsor this year’s
venture competition and excited to be presenting the awards to the
nanotechnology winners.”

The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI; www.nsti.org)
is chartered with the advancement and integration of nano and other
advanced technologies through education, collaboration and research
services. NSTI accomplishes this mission through its offerings of
continuing education programs, conventions, scientific and business
publishing and custom research services. NSTI produces the annual
Nanotech 200x conference and trade show, the world’s
largest event to focus on nanoscience and nanotechnology, attracting
more than 3,000 industrial, academic, business and governmental
attendees from around the world.